Beiyang reactionaries

But I have to support Duan Qirui.

But for the sake of his own reputation, he didn't say that he was supporting Duan Qirui, and he didn't criticize Li Yuanhong.Instead, I want to say that I support Duan Qirui's proposition.Moreover, we must vigorously support Duan Qirui's proposition, and support Duan Qirui in a roundabout situation.The meaning is the same, but it’s just a little fig leaf for myself.

"What do you two think?"

"The general really shouldn't have left Sichuan."

Wang Yongjiang opened his mouth to support Deng Hanxiang.

At present, Sichuan has just stabilized not long ago, and if you want to completely control Sichuan, you still need Duan Xun to sit in charge in person.In particular, Duan Xun wanted to root his rule over Sichuan in the villages and towns of Sichuan.That is not something that can be accomplished overnight.Sichuan is really inseparable from Duan Xun at this stage.

Yang Wei nodded next to him and said, "As long as there is something to do in the southwest, the general doesn't have to leave Sichuan. It's easy to make something happen in the southwest."

"kindness."

Duan Xun thought for a while and said, "Mingjie (Deng Hanxiang), immediately sort out Premier Duan's speeches during the period after the War to Protect the Nation, and some of his propositions. Pick out some suitable ones and let me have a look. .When I choose some supporting ideas, you write supporting articles under my name. I want to publish in the name of the Sichuan Governor’s Mansion. And let the influential media in Sichuan follow me and support me together. I support Director Duan's strategy, and appeal to the Beijing government and the President to approve these policies as soon as possible. The momentum must be sufficient, so that Director Duan can see my attitude."

"Yes."

94 Divorce the Yunnan Army

"General Gu, the hospitality is not good."

The publication of the Sichuan-Yunnan smoking ban made Tang Jiyao furious.

Tang Jiyao was an ambitious figure.Yunnan is a poor province. According to the financial situation of Yunnan Province, it can support at most two divisions.But now that Tang Jiyao has reorganized his troops, the Yunnan Army has seven divisions.

Although two of these divisions are currently stationed in Guangdong, there are five divisions of the Yunnan Army in Yunnan province.And if Tang Jiyao wants to remotely control the two divisions in Guangdong, Tang Jiyao will also be responsible for their weapons and ammunition.These are all the regular troops of Tang Jiyao's Yunnan Army. In addition to these regular troops, there are also some local troops in Yunnan.These troops are all fed by finances. If they are all added up, the number of troops that Tang Jiyao needs to support will reach 7.

7 million people.

This figure is a big burden for any province at present.How does Yunnan feed so many troops?The only thing is opium, and Yunnan must use the income from the opium business to support the troops.It is useless to be forced to make a statement yourself.But after all, the statement he made was just a simple statement, a completely formulaic statement.Tang Jiyao played a set of Taijiquan in the statement, and did not really involve measures to prohibit opium, nor did he really talk about the topic of opium in depth. What he said was just general, just to shirk responsibility, and then continued for his opium trade.Unexpectedly, Gu Pinzhen signed such a thing when he came to Sichuan.

Sichuan and Yunnan smoking ban statement?

Is this kind of thing a contract that can be signed randomly?Can such a statement be made indiscriminately?Signing this contract and making such a statement will have too much influence, and it will be a curse for both myself and the Yunnan Army.Newspapers all over China reported the signing of this contract, but there are a lot of things that Sichuan and Yunnan must abide by.

This is not to trip yourself up.

What will I do in the future?

Opium itself is impossible to give up.Even if he wanted to give up, the generals under him would not agree.They will force themselves to continue the opium trade.Since it was impossible to do so, then this statement was too much of a blow to him.So Tang Jiyao was very angry and ordered Gu Pinzhen and the others to come back quickly.Knowing that Gu Pinzhen and the others were going back to Yunnan, Duan Xun immediately met with the Yunnan delegation.

"No."

Gu Pinzhen's expression was calm.

But the heart is not peaceful at all.Except for Cai E, Li Gengen, and Luo Peijin, Tang Jiyao contributed a lot to the Chongjiu Uprising in Yunnan during the Revolution of [-].Moreover, Tang Jiyao's skills are very good. He entered Guizhou in [-] and became the governor of Guizhou.

After Cai E left Yunnan, he became the governor of Yunnan.There are so many senior revolutionary leaders in Yunnan, including Li Gengen, Luo Peijin, Zhang Kairu, and even Gu Pinzhen and Ye Quan, who are no worse than Tang Jiyao in terms of qualifications, but they were all suppressed by Tang Jiyao.This time, taking advantage of Gu Pinzhen's going out, he reorganized the Yunnan army.

Gu Pinzhen, the leader of the Yunnan army, didn't even get an important position in the army.Of the seven division commanders of the Dian Army, none of them, including Ye Quan, was among them.Tang Jiyao's wrist can be seen.

Although Gu Pinzhen was not afraid of Tang Jiyao, she still admired Tang Jiyao's skills, and was very worried about what would happen after she returned to Yunnan.

How can I go back now?

It can only continue to be suppressed by Tang Jiyao.Under such circumstances, how could Gu Pinzhen be in a calm mood, how could she be in a good mood.But Gu Pinzhen didn't want to show it in front of Duan Xun, so he said with a smile: "This entry into Sichuan has opened our eyes. A few months after the end of the War to Protect the Nation, Sichuan has been able to be so stable. General Duan has contributed a lot. Our Learned a lot."

"Where? I won the prize."

Duan Xun waved his hand.

Gu Pinzhen was no longer a pure soldier.After all, after the Xinhai Year, so many things have been experienced.After arriving in Sichuan, although Gu Pinzhen also walked around, she never left Chengdu.

How would Gu Pinzhen know the specific situation in Sichuan?

What everyone said was just polite talk.

"General Gu, it is inconvenient for me to intervene in the internal affairs of the Yunnan Army, but we have some friendship these days, so I will say a few more words. I think General Gu is also aware of the current situation of the Yunnan Army. General Gu, including General Ye (Ye Tsuen), Ding Hexiong (Jiang Meiling), you will not be in a good situation when you return to Yunnan. Tang Jiyao's reorganization of the Yunnan Army this time is very obvious against General Gu."

Very funny thing.

Half a year ago, Duan Xun and the Yunnan Army were life and death rivals.But half a year later, Duan Xun actually talked about the internal affairs of the Dian Army, and even considered Gu Pinzhen, his opponent.As soon as Duan Xun finished speaking, Ye Quan, Jiang Meiling, and Wang Kai all looked ugly.Because they were all on Tang Jiyao's rejection list this time, and they were all hit to varying degrees.

Only Gu Pinzhen had a calm expression.

"us?"

Gu Pinzhen laughed, then shook her head and said, "General Duan, please rest assured. Our Yunnan Army has no internal problems, and we will not have any problems when we return to Yunnan. The reorganization of the Yunnan Army is just a matter of business."

Infighting among the Yunnan Army.

This is what Duan Xun is most looking forward to.

Tang Jiyao is very powerful in Yunnan, otherwise he would not have ruled Yunnan for many years.But Gu Pinzhen and Ye Quan are also not soft persimmons in Yunnan.These people are all veterans who started to build the Yunnan Army in the year of [-], and they all have very strong connections and direct troops in the Yunnan Army.It's not just them, there are many Dian army bosses who have the ability to become division commanders of the Dian army, but failed this time.

Not only Gu Pinzhen and Ye Quan were involved, but Huang Yucheng and Zhang Zizhen were all experienced and powerful people.This time Tang Jiyao went too far and gave all the main positions of the Yunnan Army to his relatives or direct descendants, which would definitely offend a large number of veterans of the Yunnan Army.So once the two sides face off against generals and soldiers against soldiers, it will be fun.

However, ordinary internal strife is not what Duan Xun wants.

Because there are too many talents in the Yunnan Army, once Duan Xun takes control of Yunnan, he hopes to use these talents.So Duan Xun said with a smile: "General Gu, although some things are hard to say, I still want to say them."

"Please."

"Since both of us have signed the 'Sichuan-Yunnan Smoking Prohibition Statement', I will definitely follow the content. I also hope that the Yunnan Army can fulfill its promise and completely ban smoking in Yunnan. If I find that the Yunnan Army has not completed The content of the statement, even if I find that someone in the Yunnan Army deliberately condones the opium trade, or even participates in the opium trade, then I will never allow it. Not only me, but also the tens of thousands of soldiers under me will never allow it. Because I hope that both of us We can work together to uphold the terms of the 'Sichuan-Yunnan Smoking-Free Statement' we signed, so we don't want to cause everyone to fight each other."

As Duan Xun continued to speak word by word, Gu Pinzhen's face became more and more ugly.

If Ye Quan and the others next to him didn't fully understand, then Gu Pinzhen really did.Ye Quan and the others just felt that Duan Xun was so murderous that he was very determined to ban smoking, and even fought for it.But Gu Pinzhen thought carefully, Duan Xun did not mean to abide by the "Sichuan-Yunnan Smoking Ban Statement", but directly told Gu Pinzhen his ambition for Yunnan.

What is intentional connivance?What does it mean to participate in the opium trade?

This is clearly on point.

It is an objective fact that the Dian army condoned and even secretly encouraged the cultivation and sale of opium for military expenditure.And involved in the opium trade, Tang Jiyao's cousin, Tang Jiyu, who had just been appointed as the commander of the third division of the Yunnan Army, was the number one opium leader in Yunnan.It is no secret that Duan Xun was able to capture so many opium merchants from Yunnan and Guizhou with thunderous means.

Gu Pinzhen knew this, and Duan Xun would definitely know it too.

"General Duan, it is more appropriate to sit down and discuss many things."

"Hahaha, General Gu, I'm a soldier, so I don't know much about those twists and turns. I only know that opium harms the country and the people. Prohibition of opium is the unanimous voice of the whole Chinese people. Anyone who wants to benefit for himself, regardless of the interests of the people of the whole country Voice, he is a sinner of the country. As a soldier, it is my duty to eliminate harm for the country.”

Duan Xun continued to be aggressive.

But soon Duan Xun said: "Of course, I believe in General Gu, I also believe in the generals here, and I believe in the conduct of most of the generals of the Yunnan Army. The Yunnan Army is a unit with a great tradition, and it is even more glorious. The troops of the revolutionary tradition. The [-] Revolution overthrew the Manchu Qing, entered Tibet to suppress the rebellion, and rebuilt the Republic during the National Defense Movement. They all made great contributions. However, some black sheep in the Yunnan Army are hurting the honor of the Yunnan Army and leading the Yunnan Army to the abyss. .I think most of the generals of the Yunnan Army will never allow this kind of thing to happen. General Gu, what do you think?"

Duan Xun and Gu Pinzhen had something to say, and kept testing each other.